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Laussy

Laussy is my (Fabrice) family name.

I take it from my father (who himself took it from his) that the name might originate from the Patois lou tchi (the dog, le chien in French). I've also heard from somebody else it was coming from la lause, a type of flagstone used for roofing in Cantal, where I have my family roots (from my father's side).

洛熙

洛熙 is my Chinese name, as given to me by Xi Xin in June (2012), who writes it like this: .

It is pronounced roughly as luò (洛) xī (熙) (see 洛熙 in another website).

Appearances of the names

The name is quite rare but, when not related to me directly (or my direct family), still pops up once in a while. Here I collect the occurrences where I met it.

Maison Laussy

There is a maison Laussy in the Yvelines [1]. When my father was a child, his father inherited a property near Paris from a distant relative who had no direct successor. The house being too far from Cantal, he got it sold without even going there. Maybe this is this one? I have never heard the house was bearing our name! Only that it had been sold badly well below its price. My grandfather didn't like to be annoyed, not even by good fortune, and remained poor all his life.

Piel Laussy

There is a shop of leather confection/retailing in Gijón (Asturias) called piel Laussy [2].

Le Laussy

There is a building for shows and representation called le Laussy in Gières [3][4]. I do not know what this takes its name from.

Others

There is something called Laussy somewhere at 227m of altitude [5].

A Korean professor of Architecture, Stephen Siu Yu Lau (劉少瑜), signs by the name of Lau S.S.Y. [6]

Links

• Why I'm called Laussy and not Laroche, in a passage of my blog.